Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501:S'porean on board is only 2 years old

SINGAPORE - The Singaporean on board missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is a two-year-old girl travelling with her father, a British national.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore confirmed this in a statement last night, saying that it had made contact with the girl's mother and grandparents, who were in a Relatives Holding Area at Changi Airport Terminal 2 which had been set up to provide assistance to the next of kin of those on board the flight.